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Estimating Lake Water Clarity Overview
A technique was developed by USGS, modeled after Olmanson and others (2001), to estimate Secchi-disk transparency (eSDT) and corresponding estimated trophic state index (eTSI) values based on the Carlson's Trophic State Index (TSI) in inland lakes greater than 20 acres using Landsat satellite imagery.
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Estimated Secchi-disk transparency (eSDT) and corresponding estimated trophic state index (eTSI) values. Data is available for download in shapefile format with metadata:
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Remote Sensing - Links
Remote Sensing of Water Resources — University of Minnesotahttp://water.umn.edu/index.html
LakeSat.org — Mapping Lake Clarity: About the Maphttp://www.lakesat.org/maptext1.php
LakeSat.org — Lake Water Clarity Monitoring and Analysis With Satellite Remote Sensing at the University of Wisconsin-Madisonhttp://www.lakesat.org/
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources — Self-Help Citizen Lake Monitoring Networkhttp://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/CLMN/
Michigan Surface Water Information Management System (MiSWIMS)